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Two new species of Araceae tribe Spathicarpeae from Bolivia

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The tribe Spathicarpeae is one of the most poorly known-tribes in the Araceae. Recently, field collections in some areas of Bolivia have revealed many interesting members of this tribe. Two new species,Gorgonidium striatum Hett., P. L. Ibisch & E. G. Gonç. andSpathantheum fallax Hett., P. L. Ibisch & E. G. Gonç. are here described, illustrated, and compared to their closest relatives.

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  1. Chrysantentstraat 28, 1214 BM, Hilversum, Netherlands

    Wilbert L. A. Hetterscheid

  2. Departamento de Ciencias, Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza-F.A.N., Casilla 2241, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

    Pierre L. Ibisch

  3. Associated Researcher of the Botanical Institute, University Bonn, Germany

    Pierre L. Ibisch

  4. Lab. de Fitoquímica-IB, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461-CEP 05422-970, São Paulo, Brazil

    Eduardo G. Gonçalves

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  1. Wilbert L. A. Hetterscheid
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Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Ibisch, P.L. & Gonçalves, E.G. Two new species of Araceae tribe Spathicarpeae from Bolivia. Brittonia 55, 37–41 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0037:TNSOAT]2.0.CO;2

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